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8. To mirror the partition, select Mirror and select one of the following options: • Create New Mirror. This option means you are making the partition capable of being part of a mirror group. You do not actually create the group until you add another mirrored partition to the partition you are creating. • Existing Mirror Group. (If you select this option, also select the ID of the mirrored partition.) This shows a list of existing mirror groups that are compatible in data area size. This option lets you add this new partition to one of the mirror groups in the list. 9. Select NSSPools on the Media tab, and select New... to open the Create a New Pool screen. 10. On the Create a New Pool screen, enter the name for the new pool, and click Next. 11. Select the disk to be included in the pool, and click Next. 12. On the Create Pool - Attribute Information screen, check Activate on Creation to make the new pool active, and then click Finish. 13. Select a label for the partition (optional). 14. Click OK. NetWare 6.5 1. Enter NSSMU at the server console. 2. In the main menu, select "Partitions." 3. Press Insert, then select a device where you want to create a partition. 4. Select "NSS" as the partition type. 5. Enter the size of the partition in bytes (B), kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), or gigabytes (GB) and click OK. Assigning the new devices to volumes A volume can span as many as 32 devices, so you can assign more than one device to a volume. The addition of new volumes to the NetWare server may require a memory upgrade. See the NetWare documentation or contact Novell customer support. NetWare 5.x 1. On the Available Disk Options screen, click NetWare Volume options and press Enter to display the volume options. The existing volumes are listed by volume name, and the volume options are displayed at the bottom of the screen. 2. Execute the "Add/View/Modify volume segments" command by pressing the Ins or F3 key. The Segment List of Volume Disk screen displays the existing devices by device number. The Volume assignment column displays "(free space)" for each device that is not yet assigned to a volume. 3. Execute the "Make a volume assignment" command as follows: 1. Move the cursor to the line containing the desired device. 2. Move the cursor onto "(free space)" in the Volume assignment column. 3. Press Enter. 18 Installing and configuring Novell NetWare for the XP disk array

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8.
To mirror the partition, select Mirror and select one of the following options:
•
Create New Mirror
. This option means you are making the partition capable of being part of
a mirror group. You do not actually create the group until you add another mirrored partition
to the partition you are creating.
•
Existing Mirror Group
. (If you select this option, also select the ID of the mirrored partition.)
This shows a list of existing mirror groups that are compatible in data area size. This option
lets you add this new partition to one of the mirror groups in the list.
9.
Select
NSSPools
on the Media tab, and select
New
…
to open the Create a New Pool screen.
10.
On the Create a New Pool screen, enter the name for the new pool, and click
Next
.
11.
Select the disk to be included in the pool, and click
Next
.
12.
On the Create Pool
–
Attribute Information screen, check
Activate on Creation
to make the new
pool active, and then click
Finish
.
13.
Select a label for the partition (optional).
14.
Click
OK.
NetWare 6.5
1.
Enter NSSMU at the server console.
2.
In the main menu, select
“
Partitions.
”
3.
Press
Insert
, then select a device where you want to create a partition.
4.
Select
“
NSS
”
as the partition type.
5.
Enter the size of the partition in bytes (B), kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), or gigabytes (GB) and
click
OK.
Assigning the new devices to volumes
A volume can span as many as 32 devices, so you can assign more than one device to a volume.
The addition of new volumes to the NetWare server may require a memory upgrade. See the NetWare
documentation or contact Novell customer support.
NetWare 5.x
1.
On the Available Disk Options screen, click
NetWare Volume options
and press
Enter
to display
the volume options.
The existing volumes are listed by volume name, and the volume options are displayed at the
bottom of the screen.
2.
Execute the
“
Add/View/Modify volume segments
”
command by pressing the
Ins
or
F3
key.
The Segment List of Volume Disk screen displays the existing devices by device number. The
Volume assignment column displays
“
(free space)
”
for each device that is not yet assigned to a
volume.
3.
Execute the
“
Make a volume assignment
”
command as follows:
1.
Move the cursor to the line containing the desired device.
2.
Move the cursor onto
“
(free space)
”
in the Volume assignment column.
3.
Press
Enter
.
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